Paul L. Smith

Paul L. Smith

Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) was an American character actor. Burly, bearded, and imposing, he has appeared in films and occasionally on TV since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison warden in Midnight Express (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and the Beast Rabban in David Lynch's Dune (1984). He is sometimes credited as Paul Smith or Paul Lawrence Smith.

  • Popularity : 3.903
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1939-02-05
  • Place of Birth : Everett, Massachusetts, USA
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Paul L. Smith Movies

  • 1980
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    Popeye

    Popeye

    5.4 1980 HD

    Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and...

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  • 1985
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    Crimewave

    Crimewave

    5.5 1985 HD

    Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man,...

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  • 1975
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    Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket

    Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket

    6 1975 HD

    Len and Cody are two friends who can not spend more than two minutes without arguing. These crazy gunmen snatched a Confederate colonel charged an...

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  • 1994
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.879 1994 HD

    Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a...

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  • 1985
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    Red Sonja

    Red Sonja

    5.346 1985 HD

    The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great...

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  • 2014
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    Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza

    Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza

    1 2014 HD

    Featurette about the 1980 film "Gefangene Frauen" starring Eric Falk and Erwin C. Dietrich.

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  • 1982
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    Pieces

    Pieces

    5.891 1982 HD

    A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.

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  • 1988
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    Death Chase

    Death Chase

    4 1988 HD

    After a man's sister is killed by two gunmen who seemingly come out of nowhere, he manages to find and kill them. He then discovers that the men he...

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  • 1989
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    Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

    5.1 1989 HD

    A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.

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  • 1987
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    Gor

    Gor

    3.7 1987 HD

    American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and...

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  • 1977
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    Return of the Tiger

    Return of the Tiger

    5.5 1977 HD

    Chang Hung, an agent who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin ring led by the...

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  • 1979
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    Disaster on the Coastliner

    Disaster on the Coastliner

    5.3 1979 HD

    A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William...

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  • 1989
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    Ten Little Indians

    Ten Little Indians

    4.938 1989 HD

    An unknown judge invites a guilty governess and others to a 1930s safari, for justice one by one.

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  • 1973
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    They Call Me Shmil

    They Call Me Shmil

    1 1973 HD

    Professional big-dude Paul Smith in an Israeli-produced action-comedy that looks to take inspiration from the Hill/Spencer comedies.

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  • 1974
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    Carambola!

    Carambola!

    3 1974 HD

    Coby is an ex-soldier and billiard champion. He and his friend Len accept the sum of 50,000 dollars to investigate the trafficking of arms across the...

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  • 1984
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    Operation Shtreimel

    Operation Shtreimel

    6 1984 HD

    This wacky comedy takes place in the weeks leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. With the Allies uncertain as to what...

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  • 1972
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    Nahtche and the General

    Nahtche and the General

    5 1972 HD

    Comedy which revolves around the exploits of Nahtche and his constant success in disentangling himself from the grip of the persons who are after him...

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  • 1975
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    Convoy Buddies

    Convoy Buddies

    5.7 1975 HD

    Toby and Butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from Italy to France. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo,...

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  • 1976
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    The Diamond Peddlers

    The Diamond Peddlers

    6.3 1976 HD

    Bumbling crooks Butch and Toby pose as priests in order to elude being arrested by the authorities in Africa. Butch and Toby deliver a statue of the...

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  • 1999
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    D.R.E.A.M. Team

    D.R.E.A.M. Team

    4.7 1999 HD

    J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell,...

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  • 1985
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    Sno-Line

    Sno-Line

    4 1985 HD

    A New York City district attorney secretly runs a cocaine-smuggling ring in Texas. When the mob tries to move in on his operation, he goes down there...

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  • 1975
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    We Are No Angels

    We Are No Angels

    6 1975 HD

    Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.

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  • 1979
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    The In-Laws

    The In-Laws

    6.6 1979 HD

    In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...

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  • 1988
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    Outlaw Force

    Outlaw Force

    4.8 1988 HD

    Some punks go into a small town and start hassling the gas station owner; Billy Ray Dalton a friend of the owner pulls a shot gun on them and tells...

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  • 1990
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    Caged Fury

    Caged Fury

    4.2 1990 HD

    Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's...

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  • 1981
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    The Salamander

    The Salamander

    5.6 1981 HD

    An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a...

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  • 1985
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    The Protector

    The Protector

    5.975 1985 HD

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a...

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  • 1992
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    Desert Kickboxer

    Desert Kickboxer

    3.7 1992 HD

    A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert...

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  • 1982
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    When I Am King

    When I Am King

    1 1982 HD

    Two children move to a dream world of magicians, witches and an evil Gypsy.

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  • 1974
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    Alcohol: The Choice

    Alcohol: The Choice

    1 1974 HD

    A teenager is faced with pressure from peers to drink and his decision about the use of alcohol. The young man is assisted by a youth minister in...

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  • 1977
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    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages

    1 1977 HD

    Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy...

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  • 1986
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    Haunted Honeymoon

    Haunted Honeymoon

    5.4 1986 HD

    Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by...

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  • 1973
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    Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

    Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

    6 1973 HD

    Johnny Cash appears in and narrates this retelling of the story of Jesus' Life, Death and Resurrection.

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  • 1990
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    Crossing the Line

    Crossing the Line

    5.3 1990 HD

    A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.

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  • 1989
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    The Hired Gun

    The Hired Gun

    1 1989 HD

    A hardcore former mercenary in Africa is commissioned by a neo-Nazi organization to bring secret documents from WW2, hidden at an American military...

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  • 1991
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    Eye of the Widow

    Eye of the Widow

    3.3 1991 HD

    A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a contractor, deals with them....

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  • 1984
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    Jungle Warriors

    Jungle Warriors

    3.9 1984 HD

    A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by...

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  • 1984
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    Dune

    Dune

    6.2 1984 HD

    In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The...

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  • 1979
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    Going in Style

    Going in Style

    6.9 1979 HD

    Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up...

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  • 1978
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    Midnight Express

    Midnight Express

    7.5 1978 HD

    Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30...

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  • 1976
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    21 Hours at Munich

    21 Hours at Munich

    6.2 1976 HD

    A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

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  • 1975
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    Conspiracy of Terror

    Conspiracy of Terror

    6 1975 HD

    A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who...

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  • 1970
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    Madron

    Madron

    5.1 1970 HD

    A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.

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  • 1971
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    Fishke Bemilu'im

    Fishke Bemilu'im

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1989
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    You're Famous

    You're Famous

    6 1989 HD

    A woman goes streaking in a race track, a senior citizens' seminar features a pre-sex demonstration, public toilets' walls fall apart, and other...

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  • 1989
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    Crazy Camera

    Crazy Camera

    7 1989 HD

    A candid camera comedy where hidden camera films unsuspecting street passers-by reacting to comic situations the filmmakers set up.

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  • 1990
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    Caged Fury

    Caged Fury

    4.2 1990 HD

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  • 1977
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    CHiPs

    CHiPs

    6.8 1977 HD

    Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1972
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    Emergency!

    Emergency!

    7.8 1972 HD

    The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their...

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  • 1975
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    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    7 1975 HD

    With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon...

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  • 1981
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    Masada

    Masada

    7.2 1981 HD

    A Roman general leads the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where more than 900 Jews made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman...

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.3 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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